Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB19/05/070 A

Address :
2 Park Street Hillsborough County Down BT26 6AL

Townland:
Hillsborough

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:

Date of De-listing:

Current Use:
House

Former Use
House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
No

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OS Map No:
184/5

IG Ref:
J2418 5848

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Owner Category

Private

Exterior Description And Setting

End of terrace single-storey with attic rendered house, built c.1800. Irregular on plan, facing south with a bowed west elevation fronting onto Dromore Road, extensively renovated and extended c.1995. Pitched natural slate roof, bowed to the west with black clay ridge tiles, rendered chimneystack, three gabled dormers to the front pitch and two larger gabled dormers to the rear pitch. Replacement metal guttering on iron brackets with cast-iron downpipes. Ruled and lined cement render walling. Square-headed window openings with raised render surrounds, painted masonry sills and replacement 6/3 timber sash windows. Front elevation is three windows wide with an off-centre square-headed door opening having painted render surround and replacement sheeted timber half-door opening onto the street. Bowed west side elevation abutted by rubblestone boundary wall running along Dromore Road with stone coping. Rear elevation abutted by modern timber-frame conservatory. Replacement 6/3 timber sash windows to rear elevation and dormers. East side elevation abutted by adjoining house No.4. Setting: Terminating a terrace of similar houses lining the north side of Park Street and set at a lower level to the east of Dromore Road on the southern approach to Hillsborough. Roof Natural slate RWG Replacement metal / cast-iron Walling Ruled and lined cement render Windows Replacement timber sash

Architects

Historical Information

No. 2 Park Street can first be seen on a c. 1800 map of Hillsborough which depicts it (along with the adjoining No. 4 Park Street which attaches its east gable) as an oblong building situated at the corner of Park Street and the modern Dromore Road. This house and its garden were let to a Mr. Gorman. At that time the curved road from the square, constructed in order to enclose Hillsborough Castle in 1826, had not been built and the c. 1800 map shows that at this time No. 2 Park Street possessed a much larger rear yard than it does today; further, the bowed elevation at the west gable of the house had not been constructed at this time (Barry, p. 35). The first edition of the Ordnance Survey map (1834) shows little change to the property; at this time the contemporary Townland Valuations (1830s) record that nos. 4 and 6 Park Street were valued together; however they were exempt from valuation as they did not meet the necessary minimum of £3. No. 2 Park Street can next be seen on the second edition of the Ordnance Survey maps which show no discernible alteration to the site. Griffith’s Valuation tells us that in 1861 the house was occupied by a Ms. Catherine Puleston, a schoolmistress who worked in one of the schoolhouses (later used as gate lodges) at the entrance to St. Malachi’s Parish Church on Main Street (Ulster Towns Directory 1861; HB 19/05/002). The valuer tells us that Ms. Puleston let the house from the Marquis of Downshire at annual rent of £4. The house itself was valued at £4 and measured 8 by 6yds, being described as a 1B+ class 1 ½ storey dwelling. Catherin Puleston resided at No. 2 Park Street until 1868 when a new tenant (name unknown) occupied the house; between 1868 and 1870 the house passed hands once more until, c. 1877 a Ms. Jane Martin occupied the house. Jane Martin lived at No. 2 Park Street until at least 1901 when a Ms. Maria Martin is recorded as sole occupant in the census of that year. The 1901 Census tells us that Maria Martin, a 46 year old Anglican, was also employed as a National School Teacher. It is likely that Maria was either Jane Martin’s sister or daughter as the Ulster Town’s Directory records that a Ms. Martin worked in the Church schoolhouses and later at the Downshire School which was opened on Ballynahinch Street in 1887 (Barry, p. 74; Ulster Town’s Directory 1877; 1880; 1901). The 1901 and 1911 Census Building Return describes the house as a 2nd class private dwelling which consisted of six rooms and possessed no out offices. Maria Martin resided at No. 2 Park Street until as late as 1907 (Ulster Town’s Directory); the 1911 Census records that a Mr. Albert Johnston had come into occupation of the house by that time. Johnston, a 34 year old Anglican agricultural labourer, resided in the house with his wife Sarah (33) until 1918 when Mr. Robert Paisley, a general labourer, became the final occupant of the house to be recorded in the Annual Revisions (which ended in 1930). Later changes to No. 2 Park Street include the addition of the bowed west elevation which was constructed at the west gable of the house between the fourth edition of the Ordnance Survey maps in 1919-1920 and the 1966 edition (184-5). Field research has found that the most recent work carried out to the house was an extensive renovation, during which the house was extended, in c. 1995 References Primary Sources 1. PRONI D671/M/8/25 – Hillsborough Map c.1800 2. PRONI D671/M/8/57/1 – Hillsborough Illustrated Map 1803 3. PRONI VAL/1/B/344 A-B – Townland Valuations 1834 4. PRONI VAL/1/D/3/5 – Town Plan 1834 5. PRONI OS/6/3/14/1 – First Edition OS Map 1834 6. PRONI OS/6/3/14/2 – Second Edition OS Map 1858 7. PRONI OS/6/3/14/3 – Third Edition OS Map 1902-1903 8. PRONI OS/6/3/14/4 – Fourth Edition OS Map 1919-1920 9. PRONI VAL/2/B/3/45A-C – Griffith’s Valuation 1861 10. PRONI VAL/12/B/20/14A – Annual Revisions 1864-1879 11. PRONI VAL/12/B/20/14B – Annual Revisions 1880-1889 12. PRONI VAL/12/B/20/14C – Annual Revisions 1890-1908 13. PRONI VAL/12/B/20/14D – Annual Revisions 1909-1928 14. PRONI VAL/12/B/20/14E – Annual Revisions 1928-1930 15. Census of Ireland 1901 / 1911 16. Ulster Towns Directory (1861; 1877; 1880; 1901; 1907). 17. Ordnance Survey Map 184-5 (1966) Secondary Sources 1. Barry, J., ‘Hillsborough: A parish in the Ulster plantation’ (3rd ed.), Belfast, Universities Press., 1982.

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

End of terrace single-storey with attic rendered house, built c.1800. Irregular on plan, facing south with a bowed west elevation fronting onto Dromore Road, extensively renovated and extended c.1995. While very little original fabric remains, the overall external impression has been retained and the curious curved west elevation adds character to the terrace. Athough an interesting end of terrace house, the building is significantly altered and does not meet the criteria for listing.

General Comments

The record was renumbered from HB19/05/070.

Date of Survey

20 January 2011